288
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YEATS,WILLIAM BUTLER.
The Wild Swans at Coole, Other Verses and
A Play In Verse.
Publisher’s device and colophon printed in red. Unopened. Small 4to,
1
/
4
cloth over blue boards printed in black, printed paper spine label, boards edges somewhat
faded; publisher’s gilt-lettered cloth dust jacket, overall discoloration, minor fraying to fold
corners.
FIRST EDITION
,
ONE OF
400
UNNUMBERED COPIES
, in the rare dust jacket. Wade
124; Symons p. 35.
Dublin:The Cuala Press, 1917
[800/1,200]
289
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YEATS,WILLIAM BUTLER.
The Wind Among the Reeds.
8vo, original gilt-
stamped blue cloth, moderate rubbing with slight gilt loss mostly to spine; free endpapers
discolored, large bookplate on front pastedown.
FIRST TRADE EDITION
. One of 500 unnum-
bered copies.Wade 27; Symons p. 10.
London: Elkin Mathews, 1899
[400/600]
WITH
—
The Tower. Half-title, lacking advertisements. 8vo, original gilt decorated green cloth
after a design by Sturge Moore, trace of rubbing to spine tips and corners; small ownership
inscription on front pastedown. First Edition. NewYork, 1928.Wade 158.
FIRST OF FIVE SETS OFTHE EDITION MAGNÍFÍQUE
290
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ZOLA, EMILE.
A Page of Love.
Illustrated with 11 plates, each in 4 states,
including frontispieces; with etchings by Albert Duvivier and drawings by Édouard Dantan.
Translation by T.F. Roberson. Printed in red and black. 2 volumes. 8vo, full turquoise
morocco, double fillet gilt borders surrounding cornerpieces with interlocking torch motif,
spine similarly tooled in compartments, joints slightly rubbed, all edges gilt; tan morocco
doublures with green, blue and white onlays with cherubs and floral gilt sprays; blue moíre
silk endpapers, mostly perished; unobtrusive gallery labels on final blanks. Provenance: laid-
in is a typed letter from Hammer Galleries on their stationery stating that these volumes
offered as part of the William Randolph Hearst Collection (Hammer Galleries, NewYork,
March 1941; lot 750,Article 1757A).
Philadelphia: George Barrie & Son, 1897
[1,500/2,500]
FIRST EDITION
,
NUMBER ONE OF ONLY FIVE SETS OF THE TWO VOLUME EDITION MAG
-
NÍFÍQUE
,
EACH WITH A FORE
-
EDGE PAINTING
.
Part of the Chefs-d’Oeuvre du Roman
Contemporain series. Printed for subscribers only. Paintings show a couple embracing, and a
female nude, on first and second volumes, respectively.
Each of the plates in this elaborate production appear in four different printings: on Japanese
etching paper, papier de Chine, India paper, and on Dutch handmade paper. Limited to five
copies indicated by asterisk rather than numbered.
A VERY ATTRACTIVE PRESENTATION
,
WITH AN ESTEEMED PROVENANCE
.
E N D O F S A L E
290
